Assuming someone’s gonna die in the game this is effectively a 2 point objective (if you get it they can’t).

Well if the rumors be true about dropping down the rail gun 2 str not sure how much longer they will be in this list of first blood.

i think it is the most vital secondary objective BUT in a game with multiple objectives or the kill each other scenario it becomes less so. for example, i can lose a rhino oh you have first blood… but theres 3 objectives if i can sit on 2 of these all game the best you can do is draw (assuming objectives are 3 points each). In kill each other, oh you have first blood from popping my rhino ok you have two points… but I’ll take out your terminators and suddenly your unit that can actually kill my stuff is… Read more »

I rarely get first blood – and I still hammer the other opponents lol

This isn’t cheese, I’d call it tactica. I’d love to see more stuff like this though, rather than the usual, pointing out how broken 40k is.

If you pop a dedicated transport (say a rhino) but the squad inside survives, do you get ‘first blood’ for the vehicle?

My favourite way to get first blood is using an Icarus Lascannon in the Aegis fired by Telion. If I get turn one, I single out an IC, otherwise a low armour vehicle. If he goes first, I try an Intercept if he has a unit that can DS first turn (e.g. drop pod). My best one to date was going second, but I did an intercept one shot instant death kill of Belial who deep struck with a squad of terminators. That gave me first blood and warlord – in His first turn 🙂